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Title
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James Cowgill
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Description
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Biographical information on James Cowgill, mayor of Kansas City from 1918 to 1922, dying while on the job in office, with photos and illustrations.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Missouri Mayors for a New Constitution
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Description
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Article about a "large meeting of Missouri mayors, held at Kansas City at the call of Mayor [James] Cowgill on December 9," 1918, discussing the needs for a new state constitution.
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Date
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1918-12-28
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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James Cowgill
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Description
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Photo and bio of Judge James Cowgill (1848-1922), mayor from 1918 to 1921, "[t]he only mayor who died while in office," born in Indiana and coming to Kansas City in 1913 as president of the Pioneer Life Insurance Company.
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Date
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1968
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.41
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Description
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Page 41 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. A page with portraits of Thomas P. Flahive, John R. Ranson, Mayor James Cowgill, John Halpin, and E. C. B. Jenkins is attached to the left hand side of the page. A portrait of Harry Sammons is attached to the upper right hand corner of the page. A clipping with a print photograph of Robert E. Phelan and Thomas J. Higgins is attached to the lower right hand corner of the page.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC85 Charles S. Stevenson Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Charles S. Stevenson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1895, but grew up in Olathe, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at Hallmark Cards from the end of World War I until 1960. After retirement he became a free-lance writer for the Kansas City Star. He was very active in local social, civic, and military affairs. He died in 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri.<br><br> The collection provides information on the first 48 mayors of Kansas City, Missouri, serving the city between 1853-1971. The papers represent the files that Mr. Stevenson kept while he was writing a series of articles concerning Kansas City mayors which appeared in the Kansas City Star and Times in 1975-1976. Items found in the folders include rough drafts and final drafts of the articles, personal notes, photocopied newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The personal correspondence includes letters from relatives of some of the former mayors.
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Date
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1975/1976
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
